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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Beijing 2008
No full textThis chapter reveals the development of the sport participation legacy of the 2008 Games against the backdrop of change in China’s socio-economic and sport policy context. It starts by providing a brief review of China’s mass sport policy and management structure. The chapter then examines the participation legacy plans and outcomes of the Games. Our analysis highlights there was a sophisticated legacy strategy for mass sport development during the 2008 Games despite it not being a top priority for the staging of the Games. Nonetheless, survey data indicated a surge in frequent sport participant number in Beijing during 2001–8, though the increase was non-sustainable and remained stagnant post-Games. The attributable effects of the Games on the change were difficult to ascertain, and given the increasing importance of mass participation sport post-2008 Games, there is a need for future studies to gain a comprehensive understanding of the outcomes of sport participation legacy
The Social Value of Sports Development
No full textThe implementation of any sports development vision requires the ability to mobilise resources, which often are not readily available. To secure those resources, sport organisations need to be able to demonstrate the value of sport for individuals, communities and society. This chapter examines the social value of sports development by highlighting some methodological approaches and examples used in sport. The chapter begins by defining some key social value terminology, before outlining some commonly used social impact measurement approaches and non-market valuation methods in sport. The main part of the chapter focuses on the application of Social Return on Investment (SROI) in sport and gives two in-depth examples of how SROI has been used to assist in the management of sports development at the national and community level
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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